Communications Lead

About the Granite
The Granite Club is Canada's premier private Members' family, athletic, recreation, and social club. Located in north Toronto, we offer our 12,000 Members the highest standard of facilities, programs, and services. Benefits for full-time Employees include competitive compensation, extensive health and dental, pension eligibility, fresh daily meals, wellness initiatives, professional development, free indoor parking, discounted gym memberships, and fun Employee family events.
About the Role

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Department coordination: Manage project intake and day-to-day processes; ensure consistency, organization, and alignment with communications and brand standards
- Content creation & curation: Write and edit creative articles, engaging promotions, technical documents, and compelling messaging for all audiences across print, digital, and social platforms; offer creative and branding direction
- Proofreading: Edit and proofread using Granite Club voice, style, brand, and formatting standards; meticulously maintain continuity and context throughout all collateral
- Magazine production: Manage editorial processes for regular print magazines, from ideation to the press; select and edit photos and other media; coordinate photo shoots
- Digital production: Working with the Digital Content Specialist, oversee website, social media, digital signage, intranet, and other digital properties to ensure brand alignment, consistency, accuracy, and optimal user experience; maintain and enhance online presence
- And more: Look forward to special assignments and projects that shake up the routine and add to your portfolio; other duties will be added, deleted or assigned as needed

**Qualifications**:

- Education: Degree in communications, marketing, PR, English, or related field Experience: Min. 4 to 6 years hands-on professional experience as part of a marketing/communications team
- Writing & editing: Exceptional writing, copy editing, and proofreading skills; expert-level grammatical knowledge; wide range of writing styles (creative, technical, business, promotional, etc.); experience working with a style guide and maintaining brand voice
- Meticulous attention to detail, accuracy, and consistency; and this bullet point excites you, rather than scares you
- Organizational skills and superior time-management and planning to achieve big-picture objectives; multitasking; process-driven and highly accountable with experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- People skills: Exemplary interpersonal and customer service skills; positive attitude and demonstrated success liaising with stakeholders at all levels of the organization and externally; experience coaching colleagues toward their own success
- Software savvy: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Acrobat); Microsoft Office (Excel, Word); Google Workspace (Drive, Docs, Sheets); Sprout Social; ability to learn new software quickly
- Social media savvy: Instagram, Linkedin; experience creating strategic and engaging content; strong understanding of individual platforms and evolving best practices
- Creative savvy: Keen eye for visual aesthetic and branding
- Curiosity and resourcefulness; you love to research, learn, and problem-solve
- Print production experience an asset
- Extra points: Graphic design; photography; hospitality industry experience; Olympic-level curling skills to help our team win the next Employee tournament

**Work Schedule**:

- Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm with some variance; occasional after-hours work required
- Hybrid work model with 3 days in office as per Club-wide preassigned days.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
As part of Granite Club policy, a condition of employment is to perform a criminal background check and a vulnerable sector search demonstrating a satisfactory criminal record prior to commencing employment.

The Granite Club is committed to providing fair and accessible employment practices. If selected for an interview, we will be happy to work with you to ensure your interview is accessible and accommodation is provided based on the information you provide to the Granite Club Recruiter.

We thank you in advance for your interest in our opportunity